This dissertation examines the emergence of neoliberalism in Americandomesticpolicy on the issue of education in the…
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Ph.D. University of Hawaii at Manoa 2013.

This dissertation examines the emergence of neoliberalism in Americandomesticpolicy on the issue of education in the late twentieth century. It illuminates relationships between post-World War II American nation-state building, the repression of egalitarian social and political movements, and the construction of an 'anti-public public' around the 'problem of education' in the context of violent race-based conflict. This 'anti-public' discourse was initially constructed in the late 1970s and early 1980s primarily by publicists writing for, and helping to create, reading publics of three widely read American journals, The New Republic, Commentary and Public Interest, and was fundamentally shaped by the raging debates about race, segregation and affirmative action. The 'anti-public' discourse was more broadly publicized and its core ideas popularized with Milton Friedman's PBS television series, "Free to Choose: A Personal Statement," which first aired in 1980.
The impact of neoliberal ideology on public policy became more visible in both state and national legislation on the manufactured 'problem of education' in the late twentieth century, effected by neoliberal alliances across ideological and party lines. These neoliberal alliances were institutionalized in think tanks, governors' organizations and corporate advocacy groups which worked to fundamentally reshape the American nation-state over the course of the last forty years. In the new millennium, a teacher counter-public has emerged to challenge this particular power formation, with ambivalent connections to historical unionism, creative uses of social media, and increasing attention to multiple modes of resistance. As these teachers and their allies develop a counterpublic around the articulation of resistance, they do risk defining the counter-public in terms of defiance rather than positive alternative vision. Political resources available to these teachers, however, include critical and futures-oriented pedagogical approaches that can help teacher activists design anticipatory, creative and democratic counter-public spaces.

Perruso, A. A. (2016). The 'anti-public public' and the teachers' counter-public : American neoliberalism in public education at the turn of the century. (Thesis). University of Hawaii – Manoa. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10125/100739

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Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):

Perruso, Amy Anastasia. “The 'anti-public public' and the teachers' counter-public : American neoliberalism in public education at the turn of the century.” 2016. Thesis, University of Hawaii – Manoa. Accessed March 21, 2019.
http://hdl.handle.net/10125/100739.

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MLA Handbook (7th Edition):

Perruso, Amy Anastasia. “The 'anti-public public' and the teachers' counter-public : American neoliberalism in public education at the turn of the century.” 2016. Web. 21 Mar 2019.

Vancouver:

Perruso AA. The 'anti-public public' and the teachers' counter-public : American neoliberalism in public education at the turn of the century. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Hawaii – Manoa; 2016. [cited 2019 Mar 21].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10125/100739.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Perruso AA. The 'anti-public public' and the teachers' counter-public : American neoliberalism in public education at the turn of the century. [Thesis]. University of Hawaii – Manoa; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10125/100739

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

► This study focuses on how and why American grand strategy has impacted bilateral US foreign policy towards Indonesia, and the manner in which particularly American…
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▼ This study focuses on how and why American grand strategy has impacted bilateral US foreign policy towards Indonesia, and the manner in which particularly American characteristics of strategic culture have infused this dynamic relationship. The overall value placed upon Indonesia within US grand strategic considerations has varied considerably in the post-World II period, as too have particular policies that take Indonesia’s changing role into account. Structural realist approaches fail to fully explain these fluctuations of interest towards Indonesia by the United States, as they were influenced but not determined by changes within the international system. As such, strict structural realist explanations can tell only part of the story.
In order to address shortcomings of the structural realist model, these variations in strategic importance and bilateral policy are considered using a neoclassical realist model in order to consider the unique practice and formulation of American grand strategy. Particular attention is paid to the national security and strategic culture in which such strategies are considered, formulated, and evaluated in order to better understand how such policies are understood and made. Such a framework allows for the consideration of the traditional strengths and weaknesses associated with realist scholarship while supplementing these perspectives with a nuanced and historically-oriented viewpoint that evaluates how particularly American characteristics within the formulation and practice of grand strategy influence the relationship of the United States with Indonesia. Historical and contemporary data are evaluated using Green’s “three-note chord” formulation of American grand strategic thought, highlighting the overlapping concerns of physical security, economic security, and the promotion of values within both overall American grand strategy and US bilateral foreign policy towards Indonesia.
Through the consideration of the influence of traditional and historical characteristics of American grand strategy, namely the particular national strategic culture of the United States, a more comprehensive understanding of Indonesia’s changing role within the overall foreign policy framework of the United States can be found. In doing so, it also confirms the theoretical and practical value offered by neoclassical realism within the broader universe of international relations scholarship. Furthermore, this nuanced examination of American strategic culture allows for an insight into what role Indonesia might play in the future of American grand strategy while also pointing to potential sources of future scholarship.

Francis Fukuyama became known in the eyes of the general public in the late 1980s and early 1990s, following his famous controversial “End of History” thesis. Perceived as a perfect defender of the Western liberal political and economic model, the political scientist was regularly associated with American neoconservatism, until its break clearly displayed in the mid-2000s. If Fukuyama denounces the “aggressive” vision of the post-Cold War generation in foreign policy, we also notice, before this period, the existence of some divergences with the first neoconservatives, particularly in domesticpolicy. Consequently, one may question the real place occupied by the author of “The End of History” in American neoconservatism. As such, we defend the thesis that the Fukuyamian work, far from being marginal, fully embodies the intellectual base of neoconservatism. This is proof, beyond the undeniable diversity, of a broader ideological unity within the current.

► The intention of this thesis projects was to conduct a systematic examination of cooperation within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. The role of American…
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▼ The intention of this thesis projects was to conduct a systematic examination of cooperation within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. The role of American hegemony in Southeast Asia, which has been perceived by some as in decline, has been one that with powerful effects in the region. It was hypothesized that in an international system with a hegemon present, regional organizations are likely to increase levels of cooperation when said hegemon seems to be in decline. American hegemony was measured through annual gross domestic product as a percentage of total global GDP. ASEAN cooperation was measured through a content analysis of ASEAN "agreements" per year since its creation in 1967. While the findings provided contrary to these results, the role of foreign policy in ASEAN through strategic hedging seems an appropriate explanation for the organization's behavior. While this case study focused specifically on the U.S.-ASEAN relationship,
the results may also help understand other regional organizations interaction with global hegemons. ( en )

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Council of Science Editors:

Reyes AT. Impacts of Hegemonic Decline in Southeast Asia: The Case of ASEAN cooperation amidst an outpaced U.S. Foreign Policy. [Thesis]. University of Florida; 2016. Available from: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00046850

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McFarland, Ashley.
Cooking and Eating the Other: Contemporary Representations of Domestic Workers in Popular Media.

► The mass media governs relations among social groups, manufactures political sentiment and shapes opinions on economic relations between individuals to reproduce a self-perpetuating system…
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▼ The mass media governs relations among social groups, manufactures political sentiment and shapes opinions on economic relations between individuals to reproduce a self-perpetuating system of power for a minute elite. The construction and organized distribution of manipulated cultural images that communicate embellished or patently false messages about a social group is central to the success of a capitalist economic system. This thesis reveals how media production negatively influences public perception of housework and the women who perform the labor and thwarts efforts to obtain and enforce legislation to protect native and immigrant domestic workers. Using contemporary representations from The Help, August: Osage County, The Nanny, and Devious Maids, this study is an historical and literary analysis explaining how media images create harmful stereotypes about women of color in U.S. society and the capabilities they have as laborers. For women to prosper, substantive change by employers, the media and the public must occur in the legacy attached to domestic work as economically subordinated.
Advisors/Committee Members: Dr. Stacy Keltner, Dr. Griselda Thomas.

► This dissertation is comprised of three essays on institutional reforms surrounding marital dissolution, domestic violence and education in Mexico. It is well accepted that a…
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▼ This dissertation is comprised of three essays on institutional reforms surrounding marital dissolution, domestic violence and education in Mexico. It is well accepted that a country's economic growth is greatly determined by its ability to innovate and to increase productivity. Understanding the role of family and education policy becomes relevant since there is evidence that domestic violence, divorce and education are linked to labor productivity and other socioeconomic outcomes such as health.Using a difference-in-differences methodology, the second chapter exploits the variation in law adoption across states to estimate the impact of liberalized divorce laws on divorce rates. The findings do not support the claim that greater access to divorce has led to increasing divorce rates. In addition to the divorce laws examined in the second chapter, the third chapter estimates the impact of legal reforms that make domestic violence a punishable offense and that provide assistance programs to victims of domestic violence. In intra-household bargaining models, these laws potentially redistribute bargaining power to the victims of domestic violence, which they can use to bargain for less violence. I find that improving the bargaining position through prevention programs and counseling decreases homicides, suicides and bodily injury crimes. Policies which may leave the victim without recourse if separated from the spouse seem to be less effective.The final chapter exploits a quasi-experimental setting to estimate the impact of more instructional days on student performance. The sources of variation arise from state-mandated changes in test-administration and the start of the school calendar year. Using an unbalanced panel of all public elementary schools and controlling for a set of school quality measures, the analysis provides evidence to support increasing the number of schools days. The results also suggest that the effects are non-linear and that in impoverished schools, having more days of instruction may be beneficial to the extent that there are other school resources that assist in the production of learning.

…assistance programs
for victims of domestic violence. Can public policy create a mechanism through… …such a policy of
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requiring proof would make it very diﬃcult to use Domestic Violence as… …domestic violence and education in Mexico. It is well accepted that
a country’s economic growth… …Understanding the role of family and education policy becomes
relevant since there is evidence that… …domestic violence, divorce and education are linked
to labor productivity and other socioeconomic…

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Council of Science Editors:

Beleche T. Three Essays on Institutional Reforms in Mexico. [Thesis]. University of California – Riverside; 2010. Available from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/3vs843f7

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Maillet, Jacob.
L' "image de l'ennemi" : le débat public sur l'URSS aux États-Unis dans les dernières années de la Guerre Froide, 1984-1989 : The "enemy image" : the public debate about the USSR in the United States during the last years of the Cold War, 1984-1989.

The Cold War looms large over the history of the second half of the 20th century, and its conclusion remains a source of debates to this day, while renewed tensions with Russia may lead us to question the triumphalism of hawks after the collapse of the Soviet Union.At the heart of the conflict was the perception by Americans of a threat based on the ideology and the military power of the Soviet Union. But this « enemy image » was based on many faulty interpretations of the available data.In fact, the study of the last years of the Cold War reveals that this twisted image of the capabilities and intentions of the enemy had acquired internal functions of its own on the American political scene. The public debate, often dominated by anticommunist figures, shows that the perception of the conflict by Americans long rested on preconceptions deeply embedded in the collective imagination. However, the rise to power of Mikhail Gorbachev in 1985 would lead to a thaw in the Cold War : the enemy image was deconstructed and the Soviets progressively became more human in the eyes of Americans. In five years, the Soviet Union ceased being an « evil empire » to become « just another great power ». By studying this evolution, one can determine the origins and functions of the enemy image, et thus understand how the perception of enemies can be influenced or used. The end of the Cold War thus…

Maillet, J. (2015). L' "image de l'ennemi" : le débat public sur l'URSS aux États-Unis dans les dernières années de la Guerre Froide, 1984-1989 : The "enemy image" : the public debate about the USSR in the United States during the last years of the Cold War, 1984-1989. (Doctoral Dissertation). Sorbonne Paris Cité. Retrieved from http://www.theses.fr/2015USPCA158

Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):

Maillet, Jacob. “L' "image de l'ennemi" : le débat public sur l'URSS aux États-Unis dans les dernières années de la Guerre Froide, 1984-1989 : The "enemy image" : the public debate about the USSR in the United States during the last years of the Cold War, 1984-1989.” 2015. Doctoral Dissertation, Sorbonne Paris Cité. Accessed March 21, 2019.
http://www.theses.fr/2015USPCA158.

MLA Handbook (7th Edition):

Maillet, Jacob. “L' "image de l'ennemi" : le débat public sur l'URSS aux États-Unis dans les dernières années de la Guerre Froide, 1984-1989 : The "enemy image" : the public debate about the USSR in the United States during the last years of the Cold War, 1984-1989.” 2015. Web. 21 Mar 2019.

Vancouver:

Maillet J. L' "image de l'ennemi" : le débat public sur l'URSS aux États-Unis dans les dernières années de la Guerre Froide, 1984-1989 : The "enemy image" : the public debate about the USSR in the United States during the last years of the Cold War, 1984-1989. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Sorbonne Paris Cité; 2015. [cited 2019 Mar 21].
Available from: http://www.theses.fr/2015USPCA158.

Council of Science Editors:

Maillet J. L' "image de l'ennemi" : le débat public sur l'URSS aux États-Unis dans les dernières années de la Guerre Froide, 1984-1989 : The "enemy image" : the public debate about the USSR in the United States during the last years of the Cold War, 1984-1989. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Sorbonne Paris Cité; 2015. Available from: http://www.theses.fr/2015USPCA158

► The purpose of the collected papers dissertation was to critically examine the individual and institutional conditions that shaped battered women’s work experiences in church…
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▼ The purpose of the collected papers dissertation was to critically examine the individual and institutional conditions that shaped battered women’s work experiences in church organizations. The studies in the collected papers shared the provision of using a methodological and analytic tool, institutional ethnography (IE), that offers a strategic and comprehensive means of investigating issues related to institutions and institutional processes that merge a macro and micro view. The first paper was a conceptual paper that emphasized the socio-political context in which adult vocation education is practiced and shared a practical means of using IE to uncover the interconnected and interdependent social processes that prohibit an individual’s ability to navigate structural and political subsystems that impact learning, teaching, and work. The second paper was an empirical paper that used IE to help us see how battered women’s needs as workers in Christian churches are evaporated behind institutional ideologies and actions that invalidate her concerns while preserving their ideals. The study revealed four ways that African American battered women entered into an institutional death process by direct disclosure or assumed disclosure: (a) invalidation, (b) overspiritualization, (c) inauthenticity, (d) and bifurcation. It was found, that once disclosure took place, women placed a different expectation upon the church to respond to their issue of domestic abuse. In summation, Study2 highlighted the use of IE in uncovering the institutional relations that shaped women’s experiences as work in Christian churches. Overall, the findings elucidate ways that social workers, churches, adult educators, and HRD researchers and practitioners can engage in research that has implications for how to collaborate for implementable solutions. The findings provide ways for African American women to navigate oppressive regimes; and lends insight to how adult educators, HRD practitioners, and pastors who work with battered women can assist and intervene in the educational, emotional, and natural support areas for African American battered women working in Christian churches.
Advisors/Committee Members: Tonette Rocco, Thomas Reio, Hilary Landorf, Richard Beaulaurier.

…STANDPOINT TO EXAMINE HOW INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS SHAPE
AFRICAN AMERICAN BATTERED WOMEN’S WORK… …study revealed four ways that African American battered women entered into an
institutional… …church to respond
to their issue of domestic abuse. In summation, Study #2 highlighted the use… …American women to navigate oppressive regimes; and lends
insight to how adult educators, HRD… …emotional, and natural support areas
for African American battered women working in Christian…